Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Saturday, 07 May 2022

The Depression over Southeast Bay of Bengal has intensified into a Deep Depression, the India Meteorological Department said in a bulletin on Saturday. More

The SMSA spokesperson said a scientific evaluation of the project was necessary not just to avert a colossal imminent mishap but also to ensure that the structural stability of the ancient temple remains intact. More

Addressing a presser, Congress spokesperson Amiya Panda demanded that the examination of students who remained absent in the Class 10 Summative 2 examinations be conducted on a fresh date.  More

State Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Jena said arrangements have been made to evacuate altogether 7.5 lakh people in 18 districts if any such emergency situation arises out of the impending cyclonic storm.  More

A total of 35 candidates have been provisionally selected for appointment as Food Safety Officers on the basis of marks they secured in the main written examination i.e Paper-I and Paper-II, computer skill test followed by certificate verification. More

He announced that from this edition onwards, the gold medal winner in the World Skill Competitions will get an award of Rs 1 crore, while the silver medallist will get Rs 50 lakh and the bronze medallist will get Rs 25 lakh. More

The system lay centred about 170 km west of Car Nicobar, 1270 km southeast of Visakhapatnam and 1300 km south-southeast of Puri, the weather agency informed through a tweet.   More

According to a notification issued by the State Revenue and Disaster Management department, Moharana has been suspended with immediate effect. More

Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said the sea condition near Odisha coast will start becoming rough from May 9, and it will become rougher on May 10. The wind speed will increase upto 80-90 kmph over the sea area. More

The BSE president said the answer copies of students will be brought from the nodal centres for evaluation. “We hope to start the evaluation process from May 20 or May 21,” he said. More

State School and Mass Education Department secretary Bishnupada Sethi yesterday attributed the absenteeism of students to various reasons. More

The low pressure has concentrated into a well-marked low pressure and it is likely to move northwestward and intensify into a depression over southeast Bay of Bengal during next six hours and further into a cyclonic storm by May 8. More

Before ending his life, Rahul reportedly narrated his ordeal in a video which has now gone viral on social media. In the video, he alleged that his elderly parents were suffering as they had to make rounds of courts. More

It is alleged that some people were harassing the mother-son duo and pressuring them to pay money that they had lost in betting. More

As per sources, the department is mulling a mechanism to provide College Leaving Certificates (CLC) to students through OTP (One Time Password). More

Public sector OMCs revise the petrol and diesel prices in line with the benchmark international prices and foreign exchange rates More

As per IMD’s Regional Centre in Bhubaneswar, the low pressure is likely to intensify into a depression today. There will be a gradual rise in the wind speed from today onwards and it is likely that the system will further intensify into a cyclonic storm by May 8 (tomorrow), the Regional MeT said. More

The famous chariot of Lord Jagannath in Keonjhar has been adjudged as largest Ratha Yatra chariot by the Guinness Book of World Records. Keonjhar Collector Ashish Thakre on Friday informed about the record on the sidelines of a special function. More

A joint team of excise and police officials conducted raid in the reserve forest and spotted several large barrels stashed atop a platform built on the tree More

Ahead of the 2024 general elections, a showdown between senior BJD leader Debashish Samantaray and Paradip MLA Sambit Routray has now caught everyone's attention More

As Odisha braces up for another cyclone developing in the Bay as a low pressure, the State government on Friday put its action plan on place for deployment of response teams in regions most likely to be affected by the probable disaster. More

A man practicing witchcraft has been accused of raping a woman for around 11 weeks in the name of sorcery treatment in Odisha. The shocking revelation has come to fore from Jaleswar area of Balasore district.  More